Lot Essay
The script inscription reads: This I give to my Esteemed Friend Dr. Samuel Johnson When this you see Remember Me CH 1762
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A GEORGE II SILVER TANKARD, London, 1735, maker's mark of Richard Bayley, slightly tapering cylindrical on molded foot, with applied girdle, engraved with later inscription within asymetrically engraved cartouche, the hinged molded low domed cover with scroll thumbpiece, the tubular scroll handle with heart shaped end--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high, 24oz.